
A Shining Thread of Hope
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A Shining Thread of Hope chronicles the lives of black women from indentured servitude in the early American colonies to the cruelty of antebellum plantations, from the reign of lynch law in the Jim Crow South to the triumphs of the Civil Rights era, and it illustrates how the story of black women in America is as much a tale of courage and hope as it is a history of struggle. On both an individual and a collective level, A Shining Thread of Hope reveals the strength and spirit of black women and brings their stories from the fringes of American history to a central position in our understanding of the forces and events that have shaped this country.
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Kathleen Thompson is editor-in-chief of the Encyclopedia of Black Women.
Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Prologue
- Chapter One - A New And Alien World: Seventeenth and eighteenth centuries
- Chapter Two - A Tale Of Three Cities: Late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries
- Chapter Three - Survival And Other Forms Of Resistance: Antebellum years on slave plantations
- Chapter Four - Resistance Becomes Rebellion: Antebellum years among free African Americans
- Chapter Five - The War For Freedom: The Civil War
- Chapter Six - Free Women In Search Of Freedom: Reconstruction
- Chapter Seven - Blossoming In Hard Soil: Late nineteenth century
- Chapter Eight - No Mountain Too High: Early twentieth century
- Chapter Nine - They Carried Their Freedom Bags: The Great Migration
- Chapter Ten - The Great Depression: 1930 through World War II
- Chapter Eleven - Towards Freedom: Post-war through 1960s
- Chapter Twelve - The Caged Bird Sings: 1970s and 1980s
- Epilogue - A New Era For Black Women
- The Collaboration
- Acknowledgments
- Endnotes
- Bibliography
- Copyright
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